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Project Manager - Project Management Office (PMO)

Orca Bio · Sacramento, CA · On-site

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About Orca Bio

Orca Bio is helping to deliver the promise of cell therapy to patients without compromise. Backed by Lightspeed and Felicis.

About the role

The anticipated annual salary range (listed above) for this job is based on prior experience in the role/industry, education, location, internal equity, and other job-related factors as permitted by law. For remote-based positions, this range may vary based on your local market.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
  • Demonstrated experience building and actively managing detailed project plans using Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, OnePlan, or a comparable scheduling tool. Smartsheet experience is strongly preferred
  • Working knowledge of FDA-regulated environments and the project implications of GMP, GDP, quality systems, validation, change control, and operational or clinical implementation activities
  • Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, dependencies, risks, and cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex project information into concise status updates, dashboards, and executive presentations
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly PowerPoint and Excel. PMP or other recognized project management certification is preferred but not required
More about this role

More than one million people in the United States today are fighting blood cancer. While a traditional allogeneic stem cell transplant has been the best hope for many, the transplant itself can prove fatal or lead to serious conditions, such as graft vs. host disease. Orca Bio is a commercial-stage biotechnology company redefining the transplant process by developing next-generation cell therapies with the goal of providing significantly better survival rates with dramatically fewer risks. With our purified, high-precision cell therapies we hope to not only replace patients' blood and immune systems with healthy ones, but also restore their lives.

We have built a state-of-the-art, 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Sacramento, CA (7910 Metro Air Pkwy) to ensure the consistent and reliable delivery of our high-precision cell therapy products. This site is essential to advancing our clinical pipeline and supporting future commercial availability of our life-saving therapies.

The Project Manager is responsible for managing defined cross-functional projects within the Project Management Office (PMO), with an emphasis on CMC implementation, Technical Operations,...

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Project Management Office

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